Bruno Garcia Luize

Oct 1, 2024 | nature.com | Bruno Garcia Luize |Hanna L. Tuomisto |Ted R. Feldpausch |Nicolás Castaño Arboleda |Chris Baraloto |Julien Engel | +23 more

AbstractWe describe the geographical variation in tree species composition across Amazonian forests and show how environmental conditions are associated with species turnover. Our analyses are based on 2023 forest inventory plots (1 ha) that provide abundance data for a total of 5188 tree species. Within-plot species composition reflected both local environmental conditions (especially soil nutrients and hydrology) and geographical regions.

Apr 25, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Bruno Garcia Luize |Departamento de Ecología |Tadeu Siqueira |Clarisse Palma-Silva

1 INTRODUCTION Species niche breadths and geographic ranges tend to evolve together, producing an ecological pattern where species with larger niche breadths are likely to also have larger geographic distributions (Sexton et al., 2017; Slatyer et al., 2013).

Mar 10, 2024 | nature.com | Florian Wittmann |Rafael Assis |Aline Lopes |Rafael P. Salomão |Olaf Bánki |Carlos A. Peres | +68 more

AbstractAmazonia’s floodplain system is the largest and most biodiverse on Earth. Although forests are crucial to the ecological integrity of floodplains, our understanding of their species composition and how this may differ from surrounding forest types is still far too limited, particularly as changing inundation regimes begin to reshape floodplain tree communities and the critical ecosystem functions they underpin.

Feb 17, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Bruno Garcia Luize |David Bauman |IRD Montpellier France

1 INTRODUCTION A major goal of tropical biologists is to understand the processes involved in the origin, maintenance and coexistence of diverse species in ecological communities. Processes that play out over multiple spatial and temporal scales influence the organization of ecological communities (Ricklefs & Schluter, 1993; Vellend, 2010), leaving an imprint on phylogenetic and functional composition.

May 10, 2023 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Fábio Pinheiro |Bruno Garcia Luize

Abstract Aim The centre-periphery hypothesis (CPH) explains the decline of species abundance towards range limits and how this is driven by increasing ecological marginality. So far, most studies testing the CPH have focused on abiotic factors contributing to marginality, while the role of biotic interactions in limiting species distribution has been neglected. Here, we investigate both drivers' roles in restricting an orchid's range along a broad environmental gradient.